An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DEVIATE
aberrant, deviant, deviate
(adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm; “aberrant behavior”; “deviant ideas”
pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
(noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate, divert
(verb) turn aside; turn away from
deviate
(verb) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; “The river was deviated to prevent flooding”
deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deviate (plural deviates)
(sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
Synonyms: deviant, degenerate, pervert
(statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
Verb
deviate (third-person singular simple present deviates, present participle deviating, simple past and past participle deviated)
(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
(intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
(transitive) To cause to diverge.
Synonyms
• (change course): swerve, veer
• (stray): stray, wander
Source: Wiktionary
De"vi*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating.] Etym: [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See Viaduct.]
Definition: To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.
Syn.
– To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
De"vi*ate, v. t.
Definition: To cause to deviate. [R.] To deviate a needle. J. D. Forbes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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